Anantapur

Anantapur is a city in Andhra Pradesh in India with historic forts and temples.

Understand
Anantapur has a population of over 500,000 and is well connected by road and rail. It is located between Hyderabad, Bangalore Highway and Railway line. The nearest Airport is at Puttaparty 70 km. Sri Krishnadevaraya University and JNT University are in the city. 200 km south of Anantapur is Bangalore and 350 km north of Anantpur is Hyderabad.

The primary language is Telugu. Getting along with English alone is also not very difficult.

Get in
Anantapur is well connected with major cities like Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore with regular and frequent train and bus services.

By train
You have Garib Rath service to Hyderabad / Bangalore.

By bus
Along with the government-operated APSRTC bus services, there are many private operators with very good bus services from Hyderabad, Vellore and Bengaluru.

Anantapur is well connected with outside city through Road-ways. There are above 8 private travels for Hyderabad (like, SNSMS, Sri Balaji, Kesineni, Diwakar, Ganesh...). Also, many other services to Bengaluru, and many short services to the nearby towns & villages.

One private service running from Kurnool to Vellore Daily, through Anantapur is also there.

Itineraries

 * Little Flowers College of Education

Eat

 * For non-veg, Swathi daba at Gooty Road.
 * For vegies.....
 * For non-veg, Swathi daba at Gooty Road.
 * For vegies.....
 * For non-veg, Swathi daba at Gooty Road.
 * For vegies.....
 * For non-veg, Swathi daba at Gooty Road.
 * For vegies.....
 * For vegies.....
 * For vegies.....
 * For vegies.....



Drink
Nannari (a kind of root beer) and butter milk are the most consumed drinks in summer. Bottles of nannari syrup (₹45/ 750ml bottle ) are usually available at stores.

Connect
B.S.N.L.(Cellone) has wide mobile coverage.

Go next
Anantapur has many nearby attractions to visit.


 * Karnataka neighbouring state.
 * Aluru Kona -- you can visit this water fall near to Tadipatri is good to see.
 * Babiah Dargah in Penukonda - Dargah of 12 Th Century Sufi Saint Hazrat Syed Shah Baba Fakruddin Saharwardy(R.A)
 * Belum caves-- famous tourist attraction near Tadipatri.
 * Dharmavaram - Famous for silk sarees. 40km from Anantapur city.
 * Kadiri - Sri Lakshmi Narasimha Swamy temple 90 km from Anantapur.
 * Lepakshi - Biggest Nandi in India, and temples built between 13-14 century AD.14 km from Hindupur.
 * Pennahobilam - Lord Narasimha Swamy temple on a hillock, 30 km from Anantapur.
 * Penukonda - Forts and temples built by Sri Krishnadevaraya king. 65 km from Anantapur City.
 * Puttaparthi - Abode of Sri Sri Sri Satya Sai Baba (Prashantinilayam) 34 km from Hindupur.
 * Tadipatri, Hemavati, Penakacherla dam, PABR dam, Gooty fort, Rayadurg fort are the other places to visit.
 * Timmamma marrimanu (Banyan tree) which covers an area of 5 acres and has its name in the Guinness book of records, 120 km from Anantapur.